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<a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228308832"></a><p>
      The MySQL server authenticates client connections using
      authentication plugins. The plugin that authenticates a given
      connection may request that the connecting (external) user be
      treated as a different user for privilege-checking purposes. This
      enables the external user to be a proxy for the second user; that
      is, to assume the privileges of the second user:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
          The external user is a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">proxy user</span>”</span> (a user who
          can impersonate or become known as another user).
        </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
          The second user is a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">proxied user</span>”</span> (a user whose
          identity and privileges can be assumed by a proxy user).
</p></li></ul>
</div>
<p>
      This section describes how the proxy user capability works. For
      general information about authentication plugins, see
      <a class="xref" href="pluggable-authentication.html" title="6.2.17 Pluggable Authentication">Section 6.2.17, “Pluggable Authentication”</a>. For information about
      specific plugins, see <a class="xref" href="authentication-plugins.html" title="6.4.1 Authentication Plugins">Section 6.4.1, “Authentication Plugins”</a>.
      For information about writing authentication plugins that support
      proxy users, see
      <a class="xref" href="writing-authentication-plugins.html#writing-authentication-plugins-proxy-users" title="29.2.4.9.4 Implementing Proxy User Support in Authentication Plugins">Section 29.2.4.9.4, “Implementing Proxy User Support in Authentication Plugins”</a>.
</p>
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<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#proxy-users-support-requirements" title="Requirements for Proxy User Support">Requirements for Proxy User Support</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#proxy-users-granting-proxy-privilege" title="Granting and Revoking the PROXY Privilege">Granting and Revoking the PROXY Privilege</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#default-proxy-users" title="Default Proxy Users">Default Proxy Users</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#proxy-users-conflicts" title="Default Proxy User and Anonymous User Conflicts">Default Proxy User and Anonymous User Conflicts</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#proxy-users-server-user-mapping" title="Server Support for Proxy User Mapping">Server Support for Proxy User Mapping</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#proxy-users-system-variables" title="Proxy User System Variables">Proxy User System Variables</a></p></li></ul>
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<p>
        As an alternative to proxy users, you may find that roles
        provide a suitable way to map users onto specific sets of named
        privileges. See <a class="xref" href="roles.html" title="6.2.10 Using Roles">Section 6.2.10, “Using Roles”</a>.
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<p>
        For proxying to occur for a given authentication plugin, these
        conditions must be satisfied:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            Proxying must be supported, either by the plugin itself, or
            by the MySQL server on behalf of the plugin. In the latter
            case, server support may need to be enabled explicitly; see
            <a class="xref" href="proxy-users.html#proxy-users-server-user-mapping" title="Server Support for Proxy User Mapping">Server Support for Proxy User Mapping</a>.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            The account for the external proxy user must be set up to be
            authenticated by the plugin. Use the
            <a class="link" href="create-user.html" title="13.7.1.3 CREATE USER Syntax"><code class="literal">CREATE USER</code></a> statement to
            associate an account with an authentication plugin, or
            <a class="link" href="alter-user.html" title="13.7.1.1 ALTER USER Syntax"><code class="literal">ALTER USER</code></a> to change its
            plugin.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            The account for the proxied user must exist and be granted
            the privileges to be assumed by the proxy user. Use the
            <a class="link" href="create-user.html" title="13.7.1.3 CREATE USER Syntax"><code class="literal">CREATE USER</code></a> and
            <a class="link" href="grant.html" title="13.7.1.6 GRANT Syntax"><code class="literal">GRANT</code></a> statements for this.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            The proxy user account must have the
            <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a> privilege for the
            proxied account. Use the
            <a class="link" href="grant.html" title="13.7.1.6 GRANT Syntax"><code class="literal">GRANT</code></a> statement for this.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            For a client connecting to the proxy account to be treated
            as a proxy user, the authentication plugin must return a
            user name different from the client user name, to indicate
            the user name of the proxied account that defines the
            privileges to be assumed by the proxy user.
          </p><p>
            Alternatively, for plugins that are provided proxy mapping
            by the server, the proxied user is determined from the
            <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a> privilege held by the
            proxy user.
</p></li></ul>
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<p>
        The proxy mechanism permits mapping only the external client
        user name to the proxied user name. There is no provision for
        mapping host names:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            When a client connects to the server, the server determines
            the proper account based on the user name passed by the
            client program and the host from which the client connects.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            If that account is a proxy account, the server attempts to
            find a match for a proxied account using the user name
            returned by the authentication plugin and the host name of
            the proxy account. The host name in the proxied account is
            ignored.
</p></li></ul>
</div>
<p>
        Consider the following account definitions:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">-- create proxy account
CREATE USER 'employee_ext'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED WITH my_auth_plugin
  AS 'my_auth_string';

-- create proxied account and grant its privileges
CREATE USER 'employee'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<em class="replaceable">employee_password</em>';
GRANT ALL
  ON employees.*
  TO 'employee'@'localhost';

-- grant PROXY privilege to proxy account for proxied account
GRANT PROXY
  ON 'employee'@'localhost'
  TO 'employee_ext'@'localhost';</code></pre><p>
        When a client connects as <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> from
        the local host, MySQL uses the plugin named
        <code class="literal">my_auth_plugin</code> to perform authentication.
        Suppose that <code class="literal">my_auth_plugin</code> returns a user
        name of <code class="literal">employee</code> to the server, based on the
        content of <code class="literal">'my_auth_string'</code> and perhaps by
        consulting some external authentication system. The name
        <code class="literal">employee</code> differs from
        <code class="literal">employee_ext</code>, so returning
        <code class="literal">employee</code> serves as a request to the server to
        treat the <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> external user, for
        purposes of privilege checking, as the
        <code class="literal">employee</code> local user.
      </p><p>
        In this case, <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> is the proxy user
        and <code class="literal">employee</code> is the proxied user.
      </p><p>
        The server verifies that proxy authentication for
        <code class="literal">employee</code> is possible for the
        <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> user by checking whether
        <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> (the proxy user) has the
        <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a> privilege for
        <code class="literal">employee</code> (the proxied user). If this
        privilege has not been granted, an error occurs. Otherwise,
        <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> assumes the privileges of
        <code class="literal">employee</code>. The server checks statements
        executed during the client session by
        <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> against the privileges granted
        to <code class="literal">employee</code>. In this case,
        <code class="literal">employee_ext</code> can access tables in the
        <code class="literal">employees</code> database.
      </p><p>
        When proxying occurs, the <a class="link" href="information-functions.html#function_user"><code class="literal">USER()</code></a>
        and <a class="link" href="information-functions.html#function_current-user"><code class="literal">CURRENT_USER()</code></a> functions can
        be used to see the difference between the connecting user (the
        proxy user) and the account whose privileges apply during the
        current session (the proxied user). For the example just
        described, those functions return these values:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">mysql&gt; SELECT USER(), CURRENT_USER();
+------------------------+--------------------+
| USER()                 | CURRENT_USER()     |
+------------------------+--------------------+
| employee_ext@localhost | employee@localhost |
+------------------------+--------------------+</code></pre><p>
        In the <a class="link" href="create-user.html" title="13.7.1.3 CREATE USER Syntax"><code class="literal">CREATE USER</code></a> statement that
        creates the proxy user account, the <code class="literal">IDENTIFIED
        WITH</code> clause that names the proxy-supporting
        authentication plugin is optionally followed by an <code class="literal">AS
        '<em class="replaceable"><code>auth_string</code></em>'</code> clause
        specifying a string that the server passes to the plugin when
        the user connects. If present, the string provides information
        that helps the plugin determine how to map the proxy (external)
        client user name to a proxied user name. It is up to each plugin
        whether it requires the <code class="literal">AS</code> clause. If so, the
        format of the authentication string depends on how the plugin
        intends to use it. Consult the documentation for a given plugin
        for information about the authentication string values it
        accepts.
</p>
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<a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228239968"></a><p>
        The <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a> privilege is needed to
        enable an external user to connect as and have the privileges of
        another user. To grant this privilege, use the
        <a class="link" href="grant.html" title="13.7.1.6 GRANT Syntax"><code class="literal">GRANT</code></a> statement. For example:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql one-line"><code class="language-sql">GRANT PROXY ON '<em class="replaceable">proxied_user</em>' TO '<em class="replaceable">proxy_user</em>';</code></pre><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228233696"></a><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228232208"></a><p>
        The statement creates a row in the
        <code class="literal">mysql.proxies_priv</code> grant table.
      </p><p>
        At connection time, <em class="replaceable"><code>proxy_user</code></em> must
        represent a valid externally authenticated MySQL user, and
        <em class="replaceable"><code>proxied_user</code></em> must represent a valid
        locally authenticated user. Otherwise, the connection attempt
        fails.
      </p><p>
        The corresponding <a class="link" href="revoke.html" title="13.7.1.8 REVOKE Syntax"><code class="literal">REVOKE</code></a> syntax
        is:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql one-line"><code class="language-sql">REVOKE PROXY ON '<em class="replaceable">proxied_user</em>' FROM '<em class="replaceable">proxy_user</em>';</code></pre><p>
        MySQL <a class="link" href="grant.html" title="13.7.1.6 GRANT Syntax"><code class="literal">GRANT</code></a> and
        <a class="link" href="revoke.html" title="13.7.1.8 REVOKE Syntax"><code class="literal">REVOKE</code></a> syntax extensions work as
        usual. Examples:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">-- grant PROXY to multiple accounts
GRANT PROXY ON 'a' TO 'b', 'c', 'd';

-- revoke PROXY from multiple accounts
REVOKE PROXY ON 'a' FROM 'b', 'c', 'd';

-- grant PROXY to account and enable account to grant
-- PROXY to proxied account
GRANT PROXY ON 'a' TO 'd' WITH GRANT OPTION;

-- grant PROXY to anonymous account
GRANT PROXY ON 'a' TO ''@'';</code></pre><p>
        The <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a> privilege can be
        granted in these cases:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            By a user that has <code class="literal">GRANT PROXY ... WITH GRANT
            OPTION</code> for
            <em class="replaceable"><code>proxied_user</code></em>.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            By <em class="replaceable"><code>proxied_user</code></em> for itself: The
            value of <a class="link" href="information-functions.html#function_user"><code class="literal">USER()</code></a> must exactly
            match <a class="link" href="information-functions.html#function_current-user"><code class="literal">CURRENT_USER()</code></a> and
            <em class="replaceable"><code>proxied_user</code></em>, for both the user
            name and host name parts of the account name.
</p></li></ul>
</div>
<p>
        The initial <code class="literal">root</code> account created during MySQL
        installation has the
        <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY ... WITH GRANT
        OPTION</code></a> privilege for <code class="literal">''@''</code>, that
        is, for all users and all hosts. This enables
        <code class="literal">root</code> to set up proxy users, as well as to
        delegate to other accounts the authority to set up proxy users.
        For example, <code class="literal">root</code> can do this:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">CREATE USER 'admin'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED BY 'test';
GRANT PROXY
  ON ''@''
  TO 'admin'@'localhost'
  WITH GRANT OPTION;</code></pre><p>
        Those statements create an <code class="literal">admin</code> user that
        can manage all <code class="literal">GRANT PROXY</code> mappings. For
        example, <code class="literal">admin</code> can do this:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql one-line"><code class="language-sql">GRANT PROXY ON sally TO joe;</code></pre>
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<a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228201504"></a><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228200016"></a><p>
        To specify that some or all users should connect using a given
        authentication plugin, create a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">blank</span>”</span> MySQL
        account (<code class="literal">''@''</code>), associate it with that
        plugin, and let the plugin return the real authenticated user
        name (if different from the blank user). For example, suppose
        that there exists a plugin named <code class="literal">ldap_auth</code>
        that implements LDAP authentication and maps connecting users
        onto either a developer or manager account. To set up proxying
        of users onto these accounts, use the following statements:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">-- create default proxy account
CREATE USER ''@'' IDENTIFIED WITH ldap_auth
  AS 'O=Oracle, OU=MySQL';

-- create proxied accounts
CREATE USER 'developer'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<em class="replaceable">developer_password</em>';
CREATE USER 'manager'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<em class="replaceable">manager_password</em>';

-- grant PROXY privilege to default proxy account for proxied accounts
GRANT PROXY
  ON 'manager'@'localhost'
  TO ''@'';
GRANT PROXY
  ON 'developer'@'localhost'
  TO ''@'';</code></pre><p>
        Now assume that a client connects as follows:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-terminal"><code class="language-terminal">shell&gt; mysql --user=myuser --password ...
Enter password: <em class="replaceable">myuser_password</em></code></pre><p>
        The server will not find <code class="literal">myuser</code> defined as a
        MySQL user. But because there is a blank user account
        (<code class="literal">''@''</code>) that matches the client user name and
        host name, the server authenticates the client against that
        account: The server invokes the <code class="literal">ldap_auth</code>
        authentication plugin and passes <code class="literal">myuser</code> and
        <em class="replaceable"><code>myuser_password</code></em> to it as the user
        name and password.
      </p><p>
        If the <code class="literal">ldap_auth</code> plugin finds in the LDAP
        directory that <em class="replaceable"><code>myuser_password</code></em> is not
        the correct password for <code class="literal">myuser</code>,
        authentication fails and the server rejects the connection.
      </p><p>
        If the password is correct and <code class="literal">ldap_auth</code>
        finds that <code class="literal">myuser</code> is a developer, it returns
        the user name <code class="literal">developer</code> to the MySQL server,
        rather than <code class="literal">myuser</code>. Returning a user name
        different from the client user name of <code class="literal">myuser</code>
        signals to the server that it should treat
        <code class="literal">myuser</code> as a proxy. The server verifies that
        <code class="literal">''@''</code> can authenticate as
        <code class="literal">developer</code> (because that account has the
        <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a> privilege to do so) and
        accepts the connection. The session proceeds with
        <code class="literal">myuser</code> having the privileges of
        <code class="literal">developer</code>, the proxied user. (These
        privileges should be set up by the DBA using
        <a class="link" href="grant.html" title="13.7.1.6 GRANT Syntax"><code class="literal">GRANT</code></a> statements, not shown.) The
        <a class="link" href="information-functions.html#function_user"><code class="literal">USER()</code></a> and
        <a class="link" href="information-functions.html#function_current-user"><code class="literal">CURRENT_USER()</code></a> functions return
        these values:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">mysql&gt; SELECT USER(), CURRENT_USER();
+------------------+---------------------+
| USER()           | CURRENT_USER()      |
+------------------+---------------------+
| myuser@localhost | developer@localhost |
+------------------+---------------------+</code></pre><p>
        If the plugin instead finds in the LDAP directory that
        <code class="literal">myuser</code> is a manager, it returns
        <code class="literal">manager</code> as the user name and the session
        proceeds with <code class="literal">myuser</code> having the privileges of
        <code class="literal">manager</code>.
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">mysql&gt; SELECT USER(), CURRENT_USER();
+------------------+-------------------+
| USER()           | CURRENT_USER()    |
+------------------+-------------------+
| myuser@localhost | manager@localhost |
+------------------+-------------------+</code></pre><p>
        For simplicity, external authentication cannot be multilevel:
        Neither the credentials for <code class="literal">developer</code> nor
        those for <code class="literal">manager</code> are taken into account in
        the preceding example. However, they are still used if a client
        tries to connect and authenticate directly as the
        <code class="literal">developer</code> or <code class="literal">manager</code>
        account, which is why those proxied accounts should be assigned
        passwords.
      </p><p>
        Other ways to ensure that the proxied accounts cannot be used
        directly:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            Include the <code class="literal">ACCOUNT LOCK</code> option when you
            create the accounts. See <a class="xref" href="create-user.html" title="13.7.1.3 CREATE USER Syntax">Section 13.7.1.3, “CREATE USER Syntax”</a>.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            Associate the accounts with the
            <code class="literal">mysql_no_login</code> authentication plugin. See
            <a class="xref" href="no-login-pluggable-authentication.html" title="6.4.1.8 No-Login Pluggable Authentication">Section 6.4.1.8, “No-Login Pluggable Authentication”</a>.
</p></li></ul>
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<a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228154400"></a><p>
        If you intend to create a default proxy user, check for other
        existing <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">match any user</span>”</span> accounts that take
        precedence over the default proxy user because they can prevent
        that user from working as intended.
      </p><p>
        In the preceding discussion, the default proxy user account has
        <code class="literal">''</code> in the host part, which matches any host.
        If you set up a default proxy user, take care to also check
        whether nonproxy accounts exist with the same user part and
        <code class="literal">'%'</code> in the host part, because
        <code class="literal">'%'</code> also matches any host, but has precedence
        over <code class="literal">''</code> by the rules that the server uses to
        sort account rows internally (see
        <a class="xref" href="connection-access.html" title="6.2.6 Access Control, Stage 1: Connection Verification">Section 6.2.6, “Access Control, Stage 1: Connection Verification”</a>).
      </p><p>
        Suppose that a MySQL installation includes these two accounts:
      </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">-- create default proxy account
CREATE USER ''@''
  IDENTIFIED WITH some_plugin
  AS 'some_auth_string';
-- create anonymous account
CREATE USER ''@'%'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<em class="replaceable">some_password</em>';</code></pre><p>
        The first account (<code class="literal">''@''</code>) is intended as the
        default proxy user, used to authenticate connections for users
        who do not otherwise match a more-specific account. The second
        account (<code class="literal">''@'%'</code>) is an anonymous-user
        account, which might have been created, for example, to enable
        users without their own account to connect anonymously.
      </p><p>
        Both accounts have the same user part (<code class="literal">''</code>),
        which matches any user. And each account has a host part that
        matches any host. Nevertheless, there is a priority in account
        matching for connection attempts because the matching rules sort
        a host of <code class="literal">'%'</code> ahead of <code class="literal">''</code>.
        For accounts that do not match any more-specific account, the
        server attempts to authenticate them against
        <code class="literal">''@'%'</code> (the anonymous user) rather than
        <code class="literal">''@''</code> (the default proxy user). As a result,
        the default proxy account is never used.
      </p><p>
        To avoid this problem, use one of the following strategies:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            Remove the anonymous account so that it does not conflict
            with the default proxy user. This might be a good idea
            anyway if you want to associate every connection with a
            named user.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            Use a more-specific default proxy user that matches ahead of
            the anonymous user. For example, to permit only
            <code class="literal">localhost</code> proxy connections, use
            <code class="literal">''@'localhost'</code>:
          </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">CREATE USER ''@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED WITH some_plugin
  AS 'some_auth_string';</code></pre><p>
            In addition, modify any <code class="literal">GRANT PROXY</code>
            statements to name <code class="literal">''@'localhost'</code> rather
            than <code class="literal">''@''</code> as the proxy user.
          </p><p>
            Be aware that this strategy prevents anonymous-user
            connections from <code class="literal">localhost</code>.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            Use a named default account rather than an anonymous default
            account. For an example of this technique, consult the
            instructions for using the
            <code class="literal">authentication_windows</code> plugin. See
            <a class="xref" href="windows-pluggable-authentication.html" title="6.4.1.6 Windows Pluggable Authentication">Section 6.4.1.6, “Windows Pluggable Authentication”</a>
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            Create multiple proxy users, one for local connections and
            one for <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">everything else</span>”</span> (remote connections).
            This can be useful particularly when local users should have
            different privileges from remote users.
          </p><p>
            Create the proxy users:
          </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">-- create proxy user for local connections
CREATE USER ''@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED WITH some_plugin
  AS 'some_auth_string';
-- create proxy user for remote connections
CREATE USER ''@'%'
  IDENTIFIED WITH some_plugin
  AS 'some_auth_string';</code></pre><p>
            Create the proxied users:
          </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">-- create proxied user for local connections
CREATE USER 'developer'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<em class="replaceable">some_password</em>';
-- create proxied user for remote connections
CREATE USER 'developer'@'%'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<em class="replaceable">some_password</em>';</code></pre><p>
            Grant the proxy privilege to each proxy user for the
            corresponding proxied user:
          </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">GRANT PROXY
  ON 'developer'@'localhost'
  TO ''@'localhost';
GRANT PROXY
  ON 'developer'@'%'
  TO ''@'%';</code></pre><p>
            Finally, grant appropriate privileges to the local and
            remote proxied users (not shown).
          </p><p>
            Assume that the
            <code class="literal">some_plugin</code>/<code class="literal">'some_auth_string'</code>
            combination causes <code class="literal">some_plugin</code> to map the
            client user name to <code class="literal">developer</code>. Local
            connections match the <code class="literal">''@'localhost'</code>
            proxy user, which maps to the
            <code class="literal">'developer'@'localhost'</code> proxied user.
            Remote connections match the <code class="literal">''@'%'</code> proxy
            user, which maps to the <code class="literal">'developer'@'%'</code>
            proxied user.
</p></li></ul>
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<h4 class="title"><a name="proxy-users-server-user-mapping"></a>Server Support for Proxy User Mapping</h4>

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</div>
<a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228112464"></a><p>
        Some authentication plugins implement proxy user mapping for
        themselves (for example, the PAM and Windows authentication
        plugins). Other authentication plugins do not support proxy
        users by default. Of these, some can request that the MySQL
        server itself map proxy users according to granted proxy
        privileges: <code class="literal">mysql_native_password</code>,
        <code class="literal">sha256_password</code>. If the
        <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_check_proxy_users"><code class="literal">check_proxy_users</code></a> system
        variable is enabled, the server performs proxy user mapping for
        any authentication plugins that make such a request:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            By default,
            <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_check_proxy_users"><code class="literal">check_proxy_users</code></a> is
            disabled, so the server performs no proxy user mapping even
            for authentication plugins that request server support for
            proxy users.
          </p><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228104976"></a><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228103936"></a></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            If <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_check_proxy_users"><code class="literal">check_proxy_users</code></a> is
            enabled, it may also be necessary to enable a
            plugin-specific system variable to take advantage of server
            proxy user mapping support:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "><li class="listitem"><p>
                For the <code class="literal">mysql_native_password</code> plugin,
                enable
                <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_mysql_native_password_proxy_users"><code class="literal">mysql_native_password_proxy_users</code></a>.
              </p><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228097136"></a><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228096096"></a></li><li class="listitem"><p>
                For the <code class="literal">sha256_password</code> plugin,
                enable
                <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_sha256_password_proxy_users"><code class="literal">sha256_password_proxy_users</code></a>.
</p><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228091744"></a><a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228090640"></a></li></ul>
</div>
</li></ul>
</div>
<p>
        Proxy user mapping performed by the server is subject to these
        restrictions:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            The server will not proxy to or from an anonymous user, even
            if the associated <a class="link" href="privileges-provided.html#priv_proxy"><code class="literal">PROXY</code></a>
            privilege is granted.
          </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            When a single account has been granted proxy privileges for
            more than one proxied account, server proxy user mapping is
            nondeterministic. Therefore, granting to a single account
            proxy privileges for multiple proxied accounts is
            discouraged.
</p></li></ul>
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<h4 class="title"><a name="proxy-users-system-variables"></a>Proxy User System Variables</h4>

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</div>

</div>
<a class="indexterm" name="idm139663228083200"></a><p>
        Two system variables help trace the proxy login process:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
            <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_proxy_user"><code class="literal">proxy_user</code></a>: This value is
            <code class="literal">NULL</code> if proxying is not used. Otherwise,
            it indicates the proxy user account. For example, if a
            client authenticates through the <code class="literal">''@''</code>
            proxy account, this variable is set as follows:
          </p><pre class="programlisting copytoclipboard line-numbers language-sql"><code class="language-sql">mysql&gt; SELECT @@proxy_user;
+--------------+
| @@proxy_user |
+--------------+
| ''@''        |
+--------------+</code></pre></li><li class="listitem"><p>
            <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_external_user"><code class="literal">external_user</code></a>: Sometimes
            the authentication plugin may use an external user to
            authenticate to the MySQL server. For example, when using
            Windows native authentication, a plugin that authenticates
            using the windows API does not need the login ID passed to
            it. However, it still uses a Windows user ID to
            authenticate. The plugin may return this external user ID
            (or the first 512 UTF-8 bytes of it) to the server using the
            <code class="literal">external_user</code> read-only session variable.
            If the plugin does not set this variable, its value is
            <code class="literal">NULL</code>.
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